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<h3 class="heading3">Performing Migration Within a Single Server</h3>
<p class="bodytext">If you wish to migrate to Plesk 8 from another hosting platform or earlier versions of Plesk, and cannot afford additional hardware for this operation, you can do it using the data import feature of Plesk Migration Manager.</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To migrate your data using data import feature:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Mount the disk with an existing Plesk installation.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Choose the migration agent suitable for your source hosting platform. Migration agents are stored in the directory <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/</code> on your Plesk drive:<ul class="listbullet2"><li class="listbullet2">Alabanza - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/AlabanzaX/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Confixx 1.65, 2, 3 - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/ConfixxX/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Ensim 3.5, 4, 10 - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/EnsimX/</code></li><li class="listbullet2"><code class="monospace">Hsphere 2.4.2 - /plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/HsphereX/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Plesk 2.5.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/PleskX/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Slash - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/Slash/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Cobalt RaQ2 - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ2/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Cobalt Raq550 - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ550/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Cobalt Raq3 - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ3/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">Cobalt Raq4 - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ4/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">cPanel 9, 10, 11 - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/cPanel9/</code></li><li class="listbullet2">CommuniGate Pro - <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/Cgp/</code></li></ul></li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Change to the directory <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/var/</code> on your Plesk drive, copy all agent-related files and subdirectories from <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/agent_name/</code> to the current directory.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Copy all files and subdirectories from  <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/agents/shared/</code> to the current directory. </li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Start the migration agent with <code class="monospace">–</code><code class="monospace">get-status</code> option: <code class="monospace">./&lt;your platform name&gt;.pl --get-status</code>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">If agent suits your platform, you will be able to make a copy of all data using the option <code class="monospace">–</code><code class="monospace">dump-all</code>, or make a copy of selected entities using the option <code class="monospace">–</code><code class="monospace">dump-domains</code> for migrating domains, or <code class="monospace">–</code><code class="monospace">dump-accounts</code> for migrating user accounts (you can run the migration agent with <code class="monospace">–</code><code class="monospace">h</code> option for details). For example: &lt;agent_file_name&gt; <code class="monospace">--dump-domains=domain1, domain2, domain3</code>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Once agent has finished its job, move the contents of the directory <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/var/pma</code> to the directory <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/archives</code> and copy the file <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/var/&lt;your platform name&gt;.xml</code> to <code class="monospace">/plesk_installation_directory/PMM/var/dump.xml</code>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Reboot to the operating system where Plesk is installed.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">After successful boot up, log in to the control panel, click the <strong class="specialbold">Server</strong> shortcut, then click the <strong class="specialbold">Migration Manager</strong> icon, and then click <strong class="specialbold">Start Migration</strong>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Select the <strong class="specialbold">Import configuration mode</strong> option, and follow the instructions presented on the screen.</li></ol><p class="bodytext"></p>


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